physics
Something keeps making an appearance in just about any science fiction that has anything to do with quantum physics: Schrödinger’s cat. Let’s take a look. Spoiler: it’s not a real cat.
Whether you’re writing a screenplay or simply hoping to add a little quantum oomph to your novel, this writer’s guide to quantum physics is perfect for you!
On its ten-year anniversary, The Coen Brother’s A Serious Man should serve as a cautionary tale for our world today. Read to find out more.
We take a look at the recently released first image ever of a black hole and how Christopher Nolan depicted a black hole so accurately in Interstellar.
In Angels & Demons, “antimatter” is what the villains want to use to blow up the Vatican. What is antimatter, and is it really that explosive?
Ever wondered how Star Trek’s holodecks work? We take a look at the show’s fictional technology, and what real life technologies are similar.
Electromagnetism. Force. EMF. Have you heard terms like these flying around in sci-fi? Have you wondered how accurately films & TV portray real science?
So, NASA wants to take us to Mars soon, but what are we going to eat? We can now grow food in space, and engineers were inspired by Star Trek’s aeroponics!
Hyperspace. Quantum physics. Faster than light. Have you heard terms like these flying around the…
Will humans ever be able to travel at speeds faster than light? Will we ever go into hyperspace, subspace, or jump between stars? Let’s dive into the science.
Don’t blink. Seeing Doctor Who’s Weeping Angels petrifies them into statue form in a process referred to as quantum locking. How believable is this?
In this part of the Fantasy Science column, we’re diving into the scientific underpinnings of Ant-Man’s power: resizing and going “subatomic”.
In this new Fantasy Science, we are revisiting the Fermi Paradox: if there are so many galaxies and planets out there, why haven’t we found evidence of alien life?
In this 7th part of the Fantasy Science series, we are going to chat about naturally occurring biological immortality, with the help of movies.
Film Inquiry’s resident physicist takes a look at teleportation in film and TV, explains how teleportation would work, theoretically, and whether one day we might be teleporting from A to B.
